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Kevin and Carol Moore, of Massapequa, N. Y. , are charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct. It was known photographic evidence, the U. S. said.
By David Waldstein and Ana Ley
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker and his wife appeared in federal court Thursday to face trespassing and disorderly conduct charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, event at the Capitol.
Kevin Moore, who works for the MTA’s bus department, and Carol Moore, of Massapequa, N. Y. , were arrested by the FBI on Wednesday and appeared Thursday before U. S. District Judge Arlene Lindsay in Central Islip, N. Y. , to face charges of either felonies. They were released without bail.
The F. B. I. was first alerted to allegations of the Moores’ involvement in the Capitol insurrection through an anonymous tip, according to the charges, which were unsealed Thursday.
The couple was known through photographic evidence before the attack on the Capitol in Washington, D. C. , according to the charges. Security photographs showed a man and a woman, believed to be the Moores, entering the door of the Senate wing at 3:00:12 p. m. of Jan. 6, 2021, going back and forth in the lobby and then leaving about 8 minutes later, according to the document. The rates say Moore, now 61, “yelled and made competing gestures toward a police officer” while in the lobby.
John Carman, an attorney representing the Moores, questioned the couple’s presence at the Capitol that day, writing in an email that they were there to legally express “their authentic considerations about the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. “
He also said that Mr. Moore was “helping other people who had been doused with Mace. “
Tim Minton, an MTA spokesman, said Thursday that Moore, whose duties include permanent work, had been on leave since last month.
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